Bowl #2

This is the second bowl I ever turned. It is spalted ambrosia maple from the same log as my first bowl. I turned the outside between centers ( I don’t have a chuck ) and started on the inside. That’s when I started having problems. It’s kind of hard to cut it out with the tailstock in the way. Duh! So I took it to a fellow club members house for advice. He put it on his lathe and helped me finish it.
I gave it to a friend at work who is also a mechanic there. He made me a tool rest in trade.
It measures about 5 inches wide by 6 inches tall and is finished with spray lacquer.

-- The more I learn, the more I realize I don't know. Ron, Crossville Tn

Thanks to everyone for the comments. ADAM, I’m one step ahead of you. I got a book from the club that shows how to turn a bowl using a face plate and a donut chuck for the bottom. That’s my next project whenever I get some “me” time. LOL

-- The more I learn, the more I realize I don't know. Ron, Crossville Tn

I turn large, 10”-15” bowls on the outside of my headstock (i.e. I can only use a faceplate as there is no tailstock). I mount the bowls topside on my 8” faceplate, turn a relatively deep (~1.5”) tenon on the bottom, and shape the outside of the bowl. Then I turn the bowl around and mount it on the faceplate such that the bolts are as close together as possible so that I can remove as much of the tenon as possible, and finish the bowl. I then carefully chisel off the tenon and sand the bottom smooth. You could do something similar.